Specialist Practice Community MSc

Specialist practitioners are defined as leaders who are able to exercise higher levels of judgment and discretion. This course provides student-centered and interdisciplinary opportunities for the development of a critically informed specialist practitioner in community nursing who will be instrumental in changing and developing nursing practice, and who will be a leader of their profession. The overarching aim of our course is to produce a competent, independent community practitioner working at the postgraduate level, capable of promoting the development and delivery of community nursing practice across a variety of settings. Pathways include: District Nursing Mental Health Nursing Learning Disability Nursing General Practice Nursing Community Childrens Nursing The course is 50% theory and 50% practice and this is integrated across the duration of the course. You will undertake the theoretical component in the University, and undertake the practice component in a community setting under the supervision of a qualified Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor from the defined area of practice.

Registration on the appropriate part of the NMC register Completion of an honors degree in nursing or a health-related field Normally, a minimum of two years post-registration experience Successful/undertaking completion of a Level 6 Mentorship module Support from the sponsoring trust or organization Evidence of practice in a closely related area of specialism